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ASUS Maximus VIII Gene Review

ASUS Maximus VIII Gene Testing:

3DMark: The latest release version of Futuremark's popular 3DMark suite is designed to let a wider range of the user base have the ability to run the tests and make a comparative analysis of the gaming prowess of their systems from entry level PCs to notebooks and Extreme Gaming PCs.

Settings

Default test settings

Cloud Gate

Fire Strike

Batman: Arkham Originsis the third installment of the Batman: Arkham series released in October 2013. This action-adventure game, based on DC Comics Batman super hero, was developed by Warner Bros. Games Montréal and released by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Batman: Arkham Origins continues to use the Unreal 3 game engine.

Settings

DX 11 Enhanced

GeForce TXAA

PhysX = ON

Part first-person shooter, part survival horror, Metro: Last Light is the followup to the extremely popular game Metro 2033. Developed by 4A games and published by Deepsilver, this game uses the 4A game engine. In this game set a year after the missile strike on the Dark Ones you continue on as Artyom as he digs deeper into the bowels of the Metro.

Settings:

DirectX 11

4xMSAA

Global settings = Very High

PhysX = Off

DOF = Off

The 3DMark Cloud Gate testing shows that CPU speed is king when you start cranking up the core clock speed on the CPU, even when you get to the limitations of the video card. The M8G was able to out perform the M8H in this test. Looking at both actual game tests, the ROG Maximus VIII Gene delivers FPS performance results on par with the rest of the comparison field. An expectation thanks to using the identical video card in each testing scenario.